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• 4 • How Pro Writers Really Write--or Try To • essay by Robert Sheckley
• 4 •  How Pro Writers Really Write—or Try To • interior artwork by Kent G. Bellows
• 8 • Rent Control • (1979) • shortstory by Walter Tevis
• 8 •  Rent Control • (1979) • interior artwork by George Tooker
• 12 •  Space Witness • (1980) • interior artwork by Robert McCall [as byBob McCall]
• 12 • Space Witness • (1980) • essay by Frederick C. Durant, III [as byF. C. Durant, III]
• 20 • Clap Hands and Sing • shortstory by Orson Scott Card
• 20 •  Clap Hands and Sing • interior artwork by Gervasio Gallardo
• 25 • The Future Lost • (1980) • shortstory by Robert Sheckley
• 25 •  The Future Lost • (1980) • interior artwork by Anne Kinggard
• 28 • The Test • [Pilot Pirx (Pirx the Pilot)] • (1979) • novelette by Stanisław Lem (trans. of Test 1959) [as byStanislaw Lem]
• 29 •  The Test • (1979) • interior artwork by Don Maitz
• 36 • Tour of the Universe • (1981) • essay by Robert Holdstock and Malcolm Edwards
• 36 • Tour of the Universe • (1981) • essay by Robert Sheckley
• 42 • A Hiss of Dragon • (1978) • novelette by Gregory Benford and Marc Laidlaw
• 42 •  A Hiss of Dragon • (1978) • interior artwork by Ernst Fuchs
• 50 • Message from Earth • (1980) • shortstory by Ian Stewart
• 51 •  Message from Earth • (1980) • interior artwork by Tim White (variant of Cover: Through a Glass, Clearly 1977)
• 52 • Newton's Gift • (1979) • shortstory by Paul J. Nahin
• 52 •  Newton's Gift • (1979) • interior artwork by Rudolf Hausner
• 56 •  Celestial Visitations • (1980) • interior artwork by Gilbert Williams
• 56 • Celestial Visitations • (1980) • essay by Robert Sheckley
• 60 • God Bless Them • novelette by Gordon R. Dickson
• 60 •  God Bless Them • interior artwork by Michel Henricot
• 70 • Adventure of the Metal Murderer • [Berserker] • (1980) • shortstory by Fred Saberhagen
• 70 •  Adventure of the Metal Murderer • (1980) • interior artwork by Chris Moore
• 74 • The Rocks That Moved • (1979) • shortstory by John Keefauver
• 74 •  The Rocks That Moved • (1979) • interior artwork by De Es Schwertberger
• 78 • The Vacuum-Packed Picnic • (1979) • shortstory by Rick Gauger
• 78 •  The Vacuum-Packed Picnic • (1979) • interior artwork by Ludek Pesek
• 85 • Science Fiction and Survival • (1980) • essay by Ben Bova
• 86 • The Man Who Was Married to Space and Time • (1979) • shortstory by Fritz Leiber
• 86 •  The Man Who Was Married to Space and Time • interior artwork by Don Ivan Punchatz
• 90 •  Stellar Technician • (1981) • interior artwork by Vincent Di Fate
• 90 • Stellar Technician • (1981) • essay by Ellen Datlow
• 96 • Graveside Watch • (1979) • shortstory by Edward H. Gandy
• 96 •  Graveside Watch • (1979) • interior artwork by Gage Taylor
• 102 • The Empath and the Savages • (1979) • shortstory by John Morressy
• 102 •  The Empath and the Savages • (1979) • interior artwork by Gilbert Williams
• 108 • The Thousand Cuts • shortstory by Ian Watson
• 108 •  The Thousand Cuts • interior artwork by Wilson McClean
• 114 • Hell Creatures of the Third Planet • (1979) • shortstory by Stephen Robinett
• 114 •  Hell Creatures of the Third Planet • (1979) • interior artwork by Ralph McQuarrie [as byR. McQuarrie]
• 117 • The Madagascar Event • (1979) • shortstory by Robert Haisty
• 117 •  The Madagascar Event • (1982) • interior artwork by Aldo Sessa
• 120 • The Eyes on Butterflies' Wings • (1979) • shortstory by Patrice Duvic
• 120 •  The Eyes on Butterflies' Wings • (1979) • interior artwork by Bill Martin
• 126 • Oil Is Not Gold • (1979) • shortstory by Sam Nicholson
• 126 •  Oil Is Not Gold • (1979) • interior artwork by Don Dixon
• 132 • The Cure • (1946) • shortstory by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as byLewis Padgett]
• 132 •  The Cure • interior artwork by Michel Henricot
• 138 •  Orders of Magnitude • (1980) • interior artwork by John Harris
• 138 • Orders of Magnitude • (1980) • essay by Robert Sheckley